Excerpt from Veteran Firemen's Association of the City of New York; Souvenir of the Transcontinental Excursion: From New York to San Francisco, September 1887; Also Condensed History of Important Events in the New York Volunteer Fire Department, Illustrations of Old Time Fire Secrets, Etc Monday, september nth - Reception in Salt Lake City by the Municipal Government and Fire Department; viewing the interesting portions of Modern Zion; visit to the Great Salt Lake, and a Grand Concert in the great Tabernacle in the evening, leaving for California at midnight. Wednesday, september 14th. - Arrive in Sacramento. Received by the local commit tees, Grand Parade, and a Reception and Concert in the evening. Thursday, september 1sth. - Arrive in San Francisco. Received by the Exempt Fire Company and citizens generally, and Torchlight Parade in the evening. Friday, september I6th. - Sight-seeing in San Francisco and Grand Concert and Reception in Grand Opera House in the evening. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.